[求助]对一段话的理解

ztlbox

Passage 9 (9/63)

Most economists in the United States seem captivated by the spell of the free market. Consequently, nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements of the free market. A price that is determined by the seller or, for that matter (for that matter: so far as that is concerned), established by anyone other than the aggregate of consumers seems pernicious. Accordingly, it requires a major act of will to think of price-fixing (the determination of prices by the seller) as both “normal” and having a valuable economic function. In fact, price-fixing is normal in all industrialized societies because the industrial system itself provides, as an effortless consequence of its own development, the price-fixing that it requires. Modern industrial planning requires and rewards great size.

既然前面是说不是由顾客决定的价格都是有害的，后面怎么又说固定价格是正常的和有价值的呢，而且两者之间是顺接关系（accordingly）,怎么回事？

请指教

buddyk

美国的大多数经济学家都拜倒在自由市场的石榴裙下。因此，没有任何不符合自由市场要求的东西看上去是好的或是正常的。就此而言，一个卖方决定或者由其他人而不是消费者群体来确定的价格看起来是有百害而无一利的。因此，需要下很大的决心才能把“由卖方决定的价格”想成是既正常又是有一个有意义的经济作用的。实际上，在所有的工业化社会当中卖方定价都是正常的，因为工业制度本身就提供了作为其自身发展的自然而然的结果的它所需要的卖方定价。现代工业规划要求大规模而且充分回报大规模。

ztlbox

非常感谢，彻底明白了。

buddyk

这段话有三句被杨鹏难句收录，你不妨看看杨鹏难句。ETS显然是故意搞得这样绕得。